2021 Bulletin Awards
Male Artist of the Year
Lil Nas X
GIVĒON
Bad Bunny
Burna Boy
The Weeknd (WINNER)
Female Artist of the Year
Megan Thee Stallion
Ariana Grande (WINNER)
Olivia Rodrigo
SZA
Jazmine Sullivan
Group of the Year
BLACKPINK
BTS
HAIM
Little Mix (WINNER)
Glass Animals
Duo of the Year
Dan + Shay
VanJess
Chloe x Halle (WINNER)
Silk Sonic
City Girls
Single of the Year
"Leave The Door Open" (Silk Sonic)
"positions" (Ariana Grande)
"You're Mines Still" (Yung Bleu & Drake)
"MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" (Lil Nas X)
"Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat & SZA)
"Good Days" (SZA) [WINNER]
"Picking Up Your Feelings" (Jazmine Sullivan)
"Back In Blood" (Pooh Shiesty & Lil Durk)
"drivers license" (Olivia Rodrigo)
"Damage" (H.E.R.)
Album of the Year
folklore (Taylor Swift)
Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (Pop Smoke)
B7 (Brandy)
Plastic Hearts (Miley Cyrus)
Dancing With the Devil... The Art of Starting Over (Demi Lovato)
The Off-Season (J. Cole)
Heaux Tales (Jazmine Sullivan)
Positions (Ariana Grande) [WINNER]
SOUR (Olivia Rodrigo)
Made In Lagos (Wizkid)
Actress of the Year
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) [WINNER]
MJ Rodriguez (POSE)
Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari)
Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country)
Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You)
Actor of the Year
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) [WINNER]
Caleb McLaughlin (Concrete Cowboy)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country)
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Film of the Year
Minari
The World's A Little Blurry
Concrete Cowboy
Judas and the Black Messiah
Sound of Metal
BLACK IS KING (WINNER)
One Night In Miami...
Soul
Nomadland
T.V. Series of the Year
Small Axe
WandaVision (WINNER)
POSE
Snowfall
Bridgerton
The Wilds
I May Destroy You
Invincible
Insecure
The Underground Railroad
Music Video of the Year
"Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat & SZA)
"Cry Baby" (Megan Thee Stallion & DaBaby)
"MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" (Lil Nas X) [WINNER]
"Already" (Beyoncé & Shatta Wale)
"911" (Lady Gaga)
"Roaring 20s" (Flo Milli)
"WAP" (Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion)
"F.U.C.K." (Victoria Monét)
"ATM" (Bree Runway & Missy Elliott)
"Streets" (Doja Cat)
Collaboration of the Year
"Save Your Tears (Remix)" (The Weeknd & Ariana Grande)
"Levitating (Remix)" (Dua Lipa & DaBaby)
"Peaches" (Justin Bieber, Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON)
"Gang Signs" (Freddie Gibbs & ScHoolboy Q)
"On It" (Jazmine Sullivan & Ari Lennox)
"Leave The Door Open" (Silk Sonic, Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) [WINNER]
"WAP" (Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion)
"Seeing Green" (Nicki Minaj, Drake & Lil Wayne)
"Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat & SZA)
"Calling My Phone" (Lil Tjay & 6LACK)
Best Choreography
Stephen Ojo, Caleb Bonney & JaQuel Knight ("ALREADY," Beyoncé & Shatta Wale) [WINNER]
Son Sung Deuk ("Dynamite," BTS)
JaQuel Knight ("WAP," Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion)
Kash Powell ("HOT HOT," Bree Runway)
Adrian Thompkins (SONGS FOR YOU: LIVE, Tinashe)
Antoine Troupe (IT WAS LIVE UNTIL IT WASN'T, Kehlani)
Songwriter of the Year
H.E.R.
MNEK
Taylor Swift
Victoria Monét (WINNER)
Jai'Len Josey
Nija Charles
Performance of the Year
Doja Cat — 2020 Billboard Music Awards (WINNER)
Jazmine Sullivan — Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
Chloe x Halle — 2020 MTV Video Music Awards
Dua Lipa — Studio 2054
Mickey Guyton — 2021 Grammy Awards
Victoria Monét — Jaguar (Live Session)
Cultural Impact Award
Jazmine Sullivan — Heaux Tales
Pop Smoke
Michaela Coel — I May Destroy You
Artist of the Year
BTS
Megan Thee Stallion
Dua Lipa
Ariana Grande
Doja Cat (WINNER)
Jazmine Sullivan
Pop Smoke
Olivia Rodrigo
The Weeknd
Taylor Swift
Song of the Summer
"good 4 u" (Olivia Rodrigo)
"Twerkulator" (City Girls)
"Beating Down Yo Block" (Monaleo)
"HOT HOT" (Bree Runway)
"Kiss Me More" (Doja Cat & SZA) [WINNER]
"t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l" (WILLOW & Travis Barker)
"Poster Girl" (Zara Larsson)
"Essence" (Wizkid & Tems)
"Back Together" (Amorphous & Kehlani)
"Itty Bitty Piggy" (Nicki Minaj)
Most Wins: Doja Cat (3); Ariana Grande, SZA (2)
